ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DEFLECTION DATA FOR STRENGTHENING OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

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The author wishes to express his most sincere appreciation and gratitude to Dr. A.K. Gupta, Professor and Coordinator, Centre of Transportation Engineering (COTE), Civil Engirmering Department, University of Roorkee, Roorkee and Dr. S.S. Jain, Reader, Transportation Engineering Section, Civil Engineering Department, University of Roorkee,,Roorkee for very generous help, guidance, encouragement and time given in supervising this study with invaluable suggestions at each and every -stage of preperation of this study and suggestions for improvements in the manuscript. The author is grateful to the Engineer-in-Chief, Corps of Engineers, Indian Army, for the sponsorship for the Postgraduation and continuous encouragement and moral support. The input received from the Research Project R-6, sponsored by Ministry of Surface Transport (Roads Wing), Government of India, is thankfully acknowledged. The input received from the R-6 Research reports prepared by the North, South, East abd West zones is also thankfully acknowledged. A special word of thanks is reserved for the staff of Transportation Engineering Section and Centre of Transportation Engineering (COTE) for their generous